Craft Malt for Brewers in North America

Consistency that delivers

The right flavor – the one that sets you apart and makes your product truly unique – comes from quality malt. For decades, we’ve specialized in producing a wide assortment of high-quality, consistent malt. Traditional to bold or pale to dark, our malts help you deliver the high-quality flavor you expect.

And one of the world's leading malt providers, we believe we have an obligation and opportunity to operate responsibly and sustainably while helping our craft brew customers grow and thrive.

Explore our products and capabilities

We are true to our craft. Producing and distributing a wide assortment of the highest-quality, most consistent malt available, we've helped craft brewers like you create distinctive, creative craft beer for decades. Our malts are made to help you consistently deliver the high-quality flavor your customers expect from your beer…every time.

Meet our expert team

As former brewers and malting specialists, our team listens and understands your needs. Keeping communication open and responsive, we make it easy for you to get what you need.

U.S. Commercial Manager: Rich Ellis

Rich Ellis
Commercial Manager, U.S.

While completing his Bachelor’s degree in Fermentation Science at UC Davis, Rich began his brewing career as a cellar worker at Sudwerk Davis. He left the brewery as director of brewing operations to serve as technical sales manager at Gusmer Enterprises where he worked in filtration and instrumentation sales and support as well as managing the service department. Rich joined malting full time while working at Briess Industries as national sales manager. He joined the Cargill Team with 20 years of experience in the brewing industry in a variety of disciplines.

Ohio River Valley Region: Chris Barrella

Chris Barrella
Account Executive, Ohio River Valley Region

After graduating with a Business degree from Penn State University, Chris began working in Grain Merchandising at Cargill’s corn milling plant in Blair, NE. After a year, he moved to Minneapolis joining the Malt Team working in Merchandising and Risk Management. After 5+ years working with barley growers, merchants and brewing partners across Cargill Malt’s global business, Chris joined the Craft Sales Team in February 2017. Chris is the Account Executive for the Ohio River Valley region.

Pacific Northwest Region: Jesse Clark

Jesse Clark
Account Executive, Pacific Northwest Region

Jesse began his career in the beer industry working between helping package and bartend for Big Boss Brewing in Raleigh, NC. That quickly turned into a Management position running day-to-day operations for the Taproom, pioneering event work and acting as an effective liaison between all the moving parts of the company and community. This is where his passion for the beer industry flourished and he developed his sales and relationship building skills. He has been a Cicerone Certified Beer Server since 2014 and has almost a decade of management experience in the industry.

Southwest Region: Michelle Eche

Michelle Eche
Account Executive, Southwest Region

Michelle began her career as a Business Development Manager for Bed, Bath and Beyond, where she realized her enthusiasm for sales and marketing . Starting her food service career at PepsiCo she quickly found that food and beverage sales would be her sales specialty. In the past 12 years Michelle has worked in the beverage, natural and organic, food safety and protein segments of food service. Michelle joined the Cargill Craft Malt in 2017 as the Account Executive for the Southwest Region. Michelle studied Economics and Business Administration at California State University San Bernardino.

Northeast Region: Tim Gilligan

Tim Gilligan
Account Executive, Northeast Region

After graduating from Providence College with a degree in Business Management, Tim moved to Boston and began working for the largest beer distributor in the state of Massachusetts. He began his work there in operations, but quickly found a passion in the sales and marketing side of the business. Tim helped oversee several major transitions within his business unit, each time expanding his own responsibilities within his sales territory. In 2015, he passed his Cicerone Certified Beer Server test. With nearly three years of experience in the beer distribution business, Tim joined the Cargill Craft Malt team in 2015. As of 2017, Tim also serves as President of the Master Brewers Association of the Americas, New York District.

Midwest Region: Mike Illig

Mike Illig
Account Executive, Midwest Region

A Business Management degree is where Mike initiated his career into the beer world. Starting in a retail position he moved to a management spot with one of the foremost local beer distributors. From there he moved to the position of Sales Manager with an up and coming brewery in Central Minnesota expanding his sales territory to three more states in three short years. With over 12 years of sales experience in the beer market Mike joined the Cargill team as Account Executive for the Mid-West territory.

Mountain Region: Jeremy Janus

Jeremy Janus
Account Executive, Mountain Region

Jeremy began his career in the brewing industry at the age of 18. He started in distribution, sales, and marketing while pursuing his undergraduate degree in Food Science at Colorado State University. After partaking in the brewing sciences class at CSU, he decided to further his brewing knowledge by completing the Master Brewers Program at UC Davis. Jeremy had the opportunity gain experience in brewing and sales for great companies in the brewing industry- Anheuser-Busch, Avery Brewing, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, and Founders Brewing. He joins the Cargill team with 12 years of experience in the brewing industry and is the account executive for the Rocky Mountain Region.

South Region: David Poimboeuf

David Poimboeuf
Account Executive, South Region

David started his professional career studying business administration at Nicholls State University. He followed this by obtaining an American Culinary Federation Apprenticeship Certification from Delgato Community College in New Orleans. After learning the food service industry from the inside as a professional chef, he joined Performance Food Group as a brand manager and sales trainer. In 2006, David joined Cargill as a regional manager and worked with the food service business units, selling products and managing customer relationships throughout the US. In early 2015, David brought his vast food service experience and client-first mindset to Malt as the South Region Account Executive.